148 GUY'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



the tips, for very nearly the half, white. It is a na- 

 tive of Brazil. 



The three preceding Plates will give an idea of 

 the form of the birds composing this group, and of 

 the resemblance of the females to those which M. 

 Lesson separates. We shall give the description 

 of the others which are known, some of which are 

 very diminutive. The first we shall mention is 



GUY'S HUMMING-BIRD. 



Trochilus Guy LESSON. 

 Le Guy Trochilus Guy, Lesson, Trochilidees, PL xliv. 



THIS species approaches nearer than the others to 

 the Supercilious Humming-Bird, and seems even to 

 have been confounded with it. It is considerably 

 Ifss, however, and the projecting feathers of the tail 

 over-stretch it for a much less distance ; it is of the 

 same form with that of its near ally, above golden 

 green at the base, then black, the lateral feathers 

 fringed with white at their tips ; the projecting nar- 

 row parts of the centre plumes also white. The bill is 

 of considerable length, the under mandible bright 

 orange red, brownish at the tip ; the upper parts of 

 'he body are brilliant metallic green, the feathers on 

 the crown bordered with reddish ; the auriculars are 

 black, surrounded, above by a streak of tawny yellow, 

 and underneath by a line of the same colour ; the 



